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Category: FACT CHECK

VERA Files Fact Check

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  • Categories Editor's Pick NED FC PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can presumptive VP Sara Duterte be sworn in before June 30?

    By VERA FILES  |  May 21, 2022 12:43 AM

    While the 1987 Constitution does not expressly prohibit being sworn in earlier, lawyer Christian Monsod, a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, said Duterte-Carpio should not take her oath of office “until there is an office to assume.”

    2022 Election, Sara Duterte-Carpio

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mandatory ROTC for Grades 11 and 12 NOT yet a law

    By vera files fact check  |  May 20, 2022 8:59 PM

    A graphic claiming the proposal to revive mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) passed into law has gone viral. It is misleading. On May 19, a graphic attributed to news […]

    mandatory rotc, misleading

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video with MISLEADING claim on Robredo’s dismissed cases resurfaces

    By vera files fact check  |  May 20, 2022 5:50 PM

    A Facebook (FB) page reuploaded on May 17 a three-month-old TikTok video claiming that Vice President Leni Robredo has pending cases, including sedition.  Both videos on FB and TikTok used […]

    Leni Robredo, misleading, sedition, Tiktok

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video peddles FALSE claims about Martial Law declaration, Ninoy Aquino’s ties with communists

    By vera files fact check  |  May 20, 2022 12:07 PM

    A video circulating online is making claims about the alleged “truth” behind the declaration of Martial Law and another on former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr’s supposed ties with communists. […]

    Aquino, communist, cpp npa, false, false claim, marcos, Martial Law, Tiktok

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video revives Marcos family wealth claims with NO BASIS

    By vera files fact check  |  May 19, 2022 9:49 AM

    Netizens reuploaded a snippet of a YouTube video containing claims about the Marcos family wealth that is without basis. A TikTok user and Facebook page Kristine DIARY (created on Oct. […]

    Ill-gotten wealth, Joseph Estrada, marcos, No basis, YouTube

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE FB posts claim Robredo caught sleeping in airport lounge

    By vera files fact check  |  May 18, 2022 10:27 PM

    A screenshot of a Facebook (FB) post erroneously claims Vice President Leni Robredo slept in an airport lounge for five hours. The sleeping woman in the photo is actually her […]

    2022 elections, airport, false, Leni Robredo, new york, sleeping

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo did NOT request for priority landing for a flight

    By vera files fact check  |  May 18, 2022 10:06 PM

    A local airline pilot alleged on Facebook (FB) that Vice President Leni Robredo asked for priority landing, causing the diversion of their flight to another airport. It is a false […]

    Cebu Pacific, false, Leni Robredo, priority landing

  • #VERAfied: Mindanao newspaper’s claim on Marcos Jr. favoring franchise renewal of ABS-CBN needs context
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mindanao newspaper’s claim on Marcos Jr. favoring franchise renewal of ABS-CBN needs context

    By VERA Files  |  May 18, 2022 11:42 AM

    Marcos did not say that he favors granting a franchise to ABS-CBN. But he did say that the media network should first resolve the issues raised against it before reapplying for a franchise at the House of Representatives’ committee on legislative franchises.

    ABS-CBN franchise, bongbong marcos

  • Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video carries FALSE claims on policies during Cory Aquino’s admin

    By vera files fact check  |  May 17, 2022 4:06 PM

    Three statements on policies allegedly adopted during the administration of the late president Corazon Aquino are part of a video circulating online.  Originally posted on May 13 by YouTube channel […]

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, contractualization, Cory Aquino, false, ROTC, YouTube

  • Marcos Jr
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos seeking confirmation of Sara Duterte’s DepEd nomination needs context

    By VERA Files  |  May 17, 2022 12:49 PM

    Section 3, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution specifically states that the vice president, if appointed to a Cabinet position, is exempted from the scrutiny of the CA, which is mandated to approve or disapprove appointments made by the president.

    bongbong marcos, Commission on Appointments, Department of Education, Sara Duterte-Carpio

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